President Donald Trump on Monday signed a sweeping executive order that aims to reshape guidance surrounding childhood vaccines, standing alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and was met with immediate pushback.
Trump’s fund has sparked resistance from both parties as concerns mounted that Jan. 6, 2021, riot defendants who assaulted police officers could conceivably get reparations by claiming the law was “weaponized” against them for political purposes.
North Carolina is investing $20 million to expand childcare, focusing on UNC and community college campuses in western and southeastern parts of the state.
A teenager charged with the same crime can face dramatically different consequences depending on where they live. More states have passed new laws reshaping their juvenile legal systems, with some adopting measures to divert more young people from incarceration, and others imposing stiffer penalties and expanding authority to pursue adult charges.
The Supreme Court’s ruling halted a June decision from Talwani in a case brought by more than 20 Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C. But that ruling does not apply in a separate case, filed in the same Massachusetts federal court.
Republican leaders at the General Assembly and the state Board of Elections are advancing new proposals to make voting in our state harder and more complex and we’ll get the details from the Policy Director of Common Cause North Carolina, Brooks Fuller
IndyCar took over the streets of the nation’s capital for the Freedom 250 Grand Prix, the last in a series of events coordinated and promoted by President Donald Trump to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States.
The new interim rule, issued by the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, is intended to give states more details on how they’re supposed to verify the work status for about 20 million adults enrolled in Medicaid, the publicly funded health insurance program for people with low incomes.
The North Carolina Department of Commerce estimates that data centers could soon cost the state $450 million a year under current tax exemptions.
US House Ethics Committee is recommending censure for US Rep. Chuck Edwards of North Carolina, who was under investigation for allegations of inappropriate conduct toward two young women who worked in his office.